Bridget lists the various types of berries and the order in which they ripen: "blackberries", "bakeapple", blueberry, "blue herts", "partridgeberries", "marshberries", cranberries, gooseberries and blackcurrants.

Evelyn Osborne asks Melvin Combden to play "Ruby's Garden." Melvin cannot remember the tune so he plays "Step it out Molly" to jog his memory. Remembering "Ruby's Garden," he plays the two songs together. Then Evelyn plays her version of "Ruby's...

Evelyn Osborne asks Melvin Combden what other instruments would accompany the accordion. Usually the guitar. Sometimes they would play the "silly stick" (also known as an "ugly stick"), a stick with a boot on the bottom, beer caps and a can on the...

Bridget Jacobs walks in the small valley known as the "Field of Battle". She does not know the reason for the name, but suggests that Carol Penton, the editor of the local newspaper The Fogo Island Flame, may know.

John Donahue discusses life in the past on Little Fogo Island (also known as Dear Little Island, the Star of the Sea). St. Anne's Church, still standing, was built 125 years ago. When Donahue was a boy, there were 24 families on the island and...

John Donahue discusses life in the past on Little Fogo Island (also known as Dear Little Island, the Star of the Sea). St. Anne's Church, still standing, was built 125 years ago. When Donahue was a boy, there were 24 families on the island and...